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Inaugural MATTER Momentum accelerator cohort announced

January 25, 2022

Twelve companies will participate in a dynamic, six-month program

The MATTER Momentum accelerator, built exclusively for MATTER member companies, announces the twelve companies in the inaugural cohort. The six-month program will systematically step through the fundamentals of growing digital health companies and run from February to August 2022.

The accelerator is an integral initiative of th…

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MATTER member Alertive Healthcare acquired by Carbon Health

January 10, 2022

As remote and in-person care converge, MATTER member Alertive Healthcare was acquired by Carbon Health. The Seattle-based company’s remote patient monitoring will be integrated into Carbon’s rapidly expanding, next-generation clinic network.

Alertive CEO and Co-founder Dr. Nirav Shah sits down to share the journey to acquisition and what lies ahead.

Responses have been edited for length and c…

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MATTER startup CareSignal acquired

December 14, 2021

Remote patient monitoring platform acquired in the rise of digital health

In a previous blog post, we shared how MATTER member startups are contributing to the surge in digital health investment. Add MATTER member CareSignal®, a remote patient monitoring platform acquired by a healthcare analytics platform, to the list.

Read on for insight from CareSignal CEO and Co-founder Blake Marggraff on…

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Ten entrepreneurs graduate from MATTER and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Health Equity Innovation Accelerator

November 23, 2021

Chicago healthcare startups enhance solutions advancing health equity

The Health Equity Innovation Accelerator, hosted by MATTER and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, concluded on November 4 with a showcase where participating entrepreneurs pitched their solutions.

“Health inequity has always been a feature of our healthcare system, but the last 20 months brought it to the fore of the public’s consc…

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Two MATTER digital health companies acquired

November 19, 2021

Digital solutions continue to transform the healthcare industry

Digital health companies raised more in the first half of 2021 than in all of 2020, according to Bloomberg. This trend is continuing through the rest of 2021, with two MATTER member companies adding to the rise — NowPow and Explorer Surgical. MATTER is thrilled our community is contributing to this transformation, as it furthers o…

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